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Yes, we got the cheapest we could from Argos.  It cost £24.99, I think.  Very useful.  One of our children sleeps in there or we keep all the clothes in there to keep the place tidy.

Pauline

Hi, yes we have one, bought I think from yorkshire caravans at Bawtry, it was about £25-30 I think. Fitted fine from back of awning up to middle roof pole, just had to use an extension cord to reach the roof pole I think. Having trouble remembering because we only used it once, when we went to France in '05 when the eldest son came with us. It fitted a double airbed plus space for bags n stuff .....I am sure it was the 3-berth we bought (Son is 6'3" so didn't want it to be too small!! LOL)

Quite useful if you don't want to go to the added expense of an extension but do consider it takes up nearly half of your awning space.

We used one in france last summer.  There was awful torrential rain and the awning roof sagged and collected water and eventually water came down into the inner tent.  Maybe it was because the awning wasn't put up brilliantly, but it was really torrential rain.  One night we ended up with 5 adults and two children in a 6 berth folding camper.  We got through.

Ours was a cheap inner tent, but I can't see the point of spending more on one.  The cotton was a bit see through though.

Brian

Hi, yes, we got the one from Argos.  We have Pennine Pullman and needed to extend a couple of the straps that fit over the awning poles as they weren't quite long enough.  Useful bit of kit and we always use it for anything longer than a weekend.  One year we did have the same trouble as Humphreys above with the awning roof sagging with all the rain we had, but that was our mistake and the next year we put up the awning much better using the very useful instructions given to Declan by Jan P.  We had loads of rain and wind again, but no trouble with saggy awning roof.

Hope this helps

Pauline

The problem with the really torrential rain that we had was that the ground itself got waterlogged.  Environmentally freindly groundsheets don't make a water barrier and inner tents aren't designed to give much protection from the elements.  I must emphasize the amount of rain that week I have rarely come across, even though it can get pretty wet here in snowdonia.  Some of the permanently set-up tents had beed washed out.

Brian

We bought an awning extension for our Pathfinder but having moved onwards to a tin tent with a similar sized awning we decided to use the awning bedroom we had bought 'just in case'.  We are only 3 people and there was plenty of room left within the awning for sitting etc. Even with an older child - teenager - I am still not thrilled with the idea of her being elsewhere other than under our roof.  Fortunately, she's happy with the arrangements too.

I would be interested to know just how these 'universal' awning extensions work, as the zips cannot match - they aren't even the same within the same manufacturers.  I seem to remember steer raising this problem when we were selling our extension.

The zips aren't used.  The uni-extension fits onto the poles behind the zips.  It feels a bit complex the first time they are erected but seem to work o.k.

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I am not sure how to post pictures but this should show the inner connection.  Have a look at ukcampsite shop for exterior picture.

Brian

The manufacturers extension looks more integrated, but the others work ok.  The mark-up on the manufacturers extensions must be several hundred percent.  They don,t spend a penny on marketting costs because they know that they have owners over a barrel and they can treat them like mugs.

Brian